Lebogang Mashego

Education: Bachelor of Arts, majored in Journalism and Media Studies, and History, Rhodes University (2015-2018)

Experience: Journalist at Oppidan Press (from 2015 - 2017), W24 (now called News24 Lifestyle (2018), Intelligence Transfer Centre (2019), Opera News (2019-2020)

Awards: Recipient of the INMA Elevate Scholarship (2022)

Lebogang Mashego runs the Current Affairs desk. She joined the Briefly News team in 2021. She has 6 years of experience in the journalism field. Her journalism career started while studying at Rhodes University, where she worked for the Oppidan Press for 3 years. She worked as a lifestyle writer and editor at W24 and Opera News. She graduated with a BA degree majoring in Journalism and Media Studies in 2017. She's a recipient of the INMA Elevate Scholarship. Email: lebogang.mashego@briefly.co.za

2373 articles published since 17 Jun 2021

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Minister Lindiwe Zulu says she feels for R350 SRD grant recipients who have not been paid for 2 months

South Africa

4 years ago

No, the South African Reserve Bank is not working on R500 banknotes and R10 coins

Fact check

4 years ago

Farmgate: President Cyril Ramaphosa says stepping aside could imply police interference in farm theft probe

Politics

4 years ago

KZN floods: Premier Sihle Zikalala says more than R17 billion is need to recover from April and May disasters

South Africa

4 years ago

Farmgate: How serious are the crimes Cyril Ramaphosa is being accused of in relation to the farm theft?

Explainer

4 years ago

Ex Public Protector Thuli Madonsela says some members of parliament don't understand what a point of order is

Politics

4 years ago

KZN taxi drivers fire warning shots to stop looters, Operation Dudula protects malls amid looting threats

South Africa

4 years ago

On Thursday night, 9 June, taxi operators and owners managed to stop a crowd of over 100 people from looting a mall that was targeted in the July unrest in 2021

"Will he later eat it?": Reactions as man uses chocolate to build a giraffe in video, shows how he did it

Europe

4 years ago

A man has wowed many people on the internet with the way he transformed chocolate into an artistic giraffe. TikTok users wanted to know how he went about it.

Asian man, 42, shot and killed while having breakfast at popular restaurant Tashas at Rosebank Mall

South Africa

4 years ago

A 42-year-old Asian man was shot and killed on Thursday at a popular eatery at Rosebank Mall. The man was waiting for his breakfast order when he was killed.

Police on high alert amid social media threats of a national shutdown on Friday, looting concerns raised

South Africa

4 years ago

The SA Police National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure issued a statement saying the police will monitor social media calls for a national shutdown

Over 10 million R350 SRD grant recipients still waiting for April and May payouts, says Sassa

South Africa

4 years ago

The South African Social Security Agency stated that it hopes to pay out the R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant for the months of April and May in mid-June.

Exclusive: South African studying medicine in Ukraine shares terrifying experience when Russia launched its attack

Editorial

4 years ago

Luphumalo Ntenga, a sixth-year medical student who was studying at the Vinnytsia National Medical School in Ukraine, says he was unsure about returning to SA.

Deputy President David Mabuza says it’s too soon to ask Cyril Ramaphosa to step down over Limpopo farm theft

Politics

4 years ago

Deputy President David Mabuza told members of Parliament to allow law enforcement agencies to properly investigate the theft at President Ramaphosa's farm.

No, monkeypox and Aids are not the same diseases, Facebook user's claim about VAIDS is false

Fact check

4 years ago

A Facebook user recently posted three photos and made some startling claims. The user falsely claimed that monkeypox and AIDS symptoms present in the same way.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari reacts after terrorists killed several people in a Catholic Church

Africa

4 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the heinous killing of worshippers Sunday at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, in Ondo.

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